Competition Law Compliance Audit
The right to anti-competitive practices is a major issue for companies. The control of competition by the Community authorities as prerogatives of the Competition Authority has increased. The amount of sanctions has increased, and the risk is major, alternative solutions to litigation (leniency, transaction, commitments) having however developed by offering additional risk management tools.
Our method for auditing your competition law compliance
- conducts an audit of your agreements and practices to identify your risks under competition law;
- assists you accordingly in the implementation of compliance programs within your company;
- advises you with regard to the constraints of competition law regulations, whether relating to restrictive practices, cartels or abuse of a dominant position or economic dependence.
Companies must also guard against the risk of sanctioning restrictive practices.
GOUACHE Avocats offers you:
- update your brand contracts (franchise, brand license, concession, affiliation, etc.) and your customer/supplier contracts (GTCs, referencing agreements, single agreement);
- carry out an audit of the risks in terms of restrictive practices in order to identify the provisions that may fall under Article L. 442-6 of the Commercial Code, and modify if necessary the clauses likely to fall within its scope;
- implement or strengthen internal risk management procedures related to these practices.
